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big tree

(Encyclopedia)big tree: see sequoia.

rain tree

(Encyclopedia)rain tree, also called monkeypod, a large leguminous tropical tree (Albizia saman or Samanea saman) of tropical America belonging to the family Leguminosae (pulse family), the leaves of which fold tog...

rowan tree

(Encyclopedia)rowan tree: see mountain ash.

pipe tree

(Encyclopedia)pipe tree: see lilac; saxifrage. ...

spindle tree

(Encyclopedia)spindle tree: see staff tree.

staff tree

(Encyclopedia)staff tree, common name for some temperate members of the Celastraceae, a family of trees and shrubs (many of them climbing forms), widely distributed except in polar regions. These plants typically b...

coffee tree, Kentucky

(Encyclopedia)coffee tree, Kentucky, common name for the plant species Gymnocladus dioica, a tree of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and native to the E United States. The seeds of the woody pods have been us...

India-rubber tree

(Encyclopedia)India-rubber tree: see fig.

monkey-puzzle tree

(Encyclopedia)monkey-puzzle tree, evergreen tree (Araucaria araucana) native to Chile and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The symmetrical branches have an unusual angularity and are completely covered...

Pará rubber tree

(Encyclopedia)Pará rubber tree päräˈ [key], large tree (Hevea brasiliensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), native to tropical South America and the source of the greatest amount and finest quality...